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Musical Documentary Named Finalist for 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Music

UC San Diego alumna Mary Kouyoumdijian developed “Paper Pianos” to highlight the global refugee crisis.

A piano is suspended above a stage. A person standing on a chair beneath the piano is is caged with chain-link fencing. Pieces of paper are scattered across the floor.

UC San Diego Alumna Evaluates Ethics in AI Algorithms

Rumman Chowdhury, one of Time magazine’s most influential people in AI in 2023, shares her thoughts.

UC San Diego Alumnus Leads UC Natural Reserve System

Steve Monfort spearheads the reserve system, a “library of ecosystems,” that are for the dedicated use of researchers and educators.

Two men stand facing one another outside.

Student-Developed ‘FishSense’ Project Collects Data With One Click

UC San Diego’s Engineers for Exploration program — housed at the Jacobs School of Engineering — provides the opportunity for students to tackle real-world problems that do not have predefined solutions.

A scuba diver approaches a school of fish.

Summer 2024 ‘Scrippshenge’ Moment Is Picture Perfect

UC San Diego campus photographer Erik Jepson captures the moment on Aug. 8, 2024 when the setting sun intersects with the piers of the Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier.

A setting sun lines up with an pier extending into the ocean.

UC San Diego Receives National Designation as a Bee Campus

There’s a big buzz on campus: UC San Diego has been named a Bee Campus USA member, part of a national program created to support all types of pollinators, including birds, bats, bees and multiple insect pollinators, such as butterflies and moths.